Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2022-09-27

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Sep 27
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
320 head
▼ 250 vs last sale 570▼ 507 vs year ago 827 · −61.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
72 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 95▼ 38 vs year ago 110 · −34.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder cattle steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.83/cwt on 66 head.
Average price
$140.83
66 head · 443 lb average
Value per head Derived
$623
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$13
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.43
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1411149.2161426
Medium and Large 2463135.3862740
One grade step is worth $13.83/cwt here — about −$13 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale66 hd
140.83
—
FL average3 barns · 210 hd
144.26
−3.43
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,878105.541,9822thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,62783.401,3577thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31076.641,00412
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12664.7272840

Every lot

22 lots · USDA AMS · Townsend Livestock Auction - Madison, FL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1423193.39/cwt190.00–195.008183
Steers—Medium and Large 1528160.04/cwt157.50–162.508452
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1270182.41/cwt180.00–185.004932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1322155.78/cwt150.00–160.0050210
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333141.73/cwt140.00–145.004726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373152.41/cwt150.00–157.505683
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430137.44/cwt135.00–140.005916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473136.69/cwt135.00–137.506473
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474133.95/cwt132.50–135.0063517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530136.23/cwt135.00–137.507224
Heifers—Medium and Large 2535133.01/cwt127.50–135.0071211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570136.18/cwt132.50–140.007764
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1262206.56/cwt190.00–215.005413
Bulls—Medium and Large 1333199.02/cwt190.00–215.006638
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375199.60/cwt190.00–210.007494
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375163.65/cwt160.00–167.506144
Bulls—Medium and Large 1427173.28/cwt170.00–180.007403
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,878105.54/cwt105.00–106.001,9822
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10860.73/cwt58.00–63.0067312
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13366.43/cwt65.00–68.0075328
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31076.64/cwt74.00–79.001,00412
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,62783.40/cwt80.00–85.001,3577

This sale against other markets

Florida weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Florida auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.